Zuka's popcorn

Why Americans are not interested in World Cup?

First I am a big fan of World Cup, and I am not American. I just couldn't understand why people from the rest of world are so crazy about world cup while Americans still stay so cool. One of my coworker who is American said "Soccor is not a sport." Is that so?
"Because most of Americans are self-centred. They think they are the best, if they are not interested in soccor, they are also not care to know why the other people are interested in it " another friend who is not American said. This made me think as multiple cultures coexist in America. Do Americans really appriciate or respect the other cultures? Do they treat people equally no matter where they are from? what color their skin is? what language they speak? Like the news of yesterday, Prisident Bush wants immigrants who become American citizens to 'have a command of the English language'. Why those immigrants who become American citizens can't stay with their own language but still be pround of being an American. "Freedom of speech"guaranteed by the first amendment. Do some Americans also have the freedom to speak only in other languages than english? Does english has to be some kind of standard of being American? Yesterday one artical from Pioneer news people written about world cup. "No one who actually is from here cares about the most over-hyped, mind-numbingly boring event in the world" He claimed "We don't like soccer because we do understand it. And it's awful." "When it comes to soccer, we're right, and the rest of the world is wrong." "Yes, America may be the only country that doesn't go goofy for soccer. We also are the only remaining super power. Don't you see a connection there?" Just like my friend as what a "self-centered" American he is!

posted by Zuka's popcorn @ 11:15 AM